Stephen keltontk



Aug. 1 1929. KELTON'K Re. 17,400

COMBINED INKSTAND AND PENRACK Original Filed Sept. 2, 1925 smolwnzizwnilsw 10 pact in construction,

bination and vation and partly in Reissue-d Aug-n13, 1.929.

UNITED STATES STEPHEN KELTONIK, OF CONEMAUGH, PENNSYLVANIAF CGMBINEDINKSTAND AND PE-NRAGK. I

Original No. 1,668,914, dated May 8, 1928, Serial No. 5 1,084, filedSetpember 2, 1925. Application for reissue filed June-1, 1929.

This invention relates to a .combined ink stand and pen rack, one of itsobjects being to provide a means whereby, when a pen is removed from 5inkwell is shifted to open position, the replacing of the pen in therack resulting in I the automatic closing of the inkwell.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which issimpleand comformed of few parts, and will not readily get out of order.

\Viththe foregoing and other objects in view which will appear-as thedescription proceeds the invention resides in the comarrangement of.parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described andclaimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment ofthe invention herein disclosed may be made 20 within the scope of whatis claimed withoutdeparting from, the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings. the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, a penholder being shown inposition in the rack.

Figure 2 is a view partly in side elesection showing the position of theparts when the penholder is removed from the rack.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the structure with the parts in theposition shown in Figure 1. 1

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a basehaving a recess 2 for the receptionof the bottom portion of an inkwell3. In this base are secured superposed spring strips 4 and 5 havingconnected upstanding portions 6 extending along the back wall of theinkwell. The upper end portions of these strips are spread apart toprovide spaced tongues 7 and 8 and the tongue 8 close to the top of thewell 3 ears 9 between which is pivotally mounted the cover 10 of theinkwell. This cover normally rests upon and closes the inkwell as shownin Figure 1.

The two tongues 7 and 8 are connected, near their lower ends, by a bolt11 extending loosely through them. On this bolt is mounted spring 12 theends of which bear against the respective tongues so as to holdextending from the rack the coverof the to overhang the penholder fromposition.

Serial No. 367,764.

them properly spacedapart. The tongue 8 is offset forwardly at a pointbetween its ends to provide a ledge 13 designed tosupport a penholder Pwhen inserted downwardly between the tongues. The upper ends of bothtongues are curved away from each other as shown at 141 to provide athroat lnto which a penholder can be inserted readily.

Ears 15' are extended rearwardly from the tongue 7 and pivotally mountedbetween them is a bell crank 16 which is substantially U-shaped and hasits lower arm 17 forked and mounted to swing within a slot 18 providedwithin the tongue 8. The upward movement of this arm is limited bycontact with the upper end wall of the slot 18 while the downwardmovement thereof is limited by contact with the cover 10 when said coveris closed. A light chain 19 or the like constitutes a connection betweenthis forked arm and the top or lid 10 so that when the arm 17 is swungupwardly it will open position as shown in Figure 2. The upper arm 20 ofthe bell crank constitutes a weight and is also designed to swingforwardly into the slot 18 and backwardly away from the slot 21 intongue 7 and in which the bell crank works.

When the bell crank is in the position shown in Figure 2 the weightedarm 20 holds the cover raised and the rounded upper surface of arm 17 isexposed within the space between the two tongues 7 and 8. \Vhen apenholder is inserted downwardly between the tongues it will comeagainst this rounded edge of the arm 17 and press the arm clownwardly sothat the cover 10 will move to closed position. At the same time theweighted arm 20 will be swung forwardly across the space between thetongues so as as shown in Figure 1. When it is desired to use the penthe holder is lifted upwardly between the tongues 7 and 8 and will causethe arm 20 to swing ba'ckwardly within the slot. This movement isessential in order to lift the penholder Such movement obviously resultsin openingthe inkwell.

WVhat is claimed is: i 1. The combination with an inkwell having ahinged cover, of upwardly extending spaced tongues adjacent thereto havng straight parallel portions for the reception pull the lid to v of apenholder therebetween, one of said tongues being offset to provide aseat for the inserted penholder, superposed integral arms pivotallyconnected to one of the arms and mounted to swing within the other armthe upper arm constituting a weight for over hanging a penholder betweenthe tongues to hold the same upon the seat, the other arm normallybearing on the cover to hold it in closed position, said upper arm beingliftable by the penholder when raised from between the tongues, therebyto elevate the lower arm and a flexible connection between the lower armand the cover fo-rswinging the cover to open position during thecompletion of the upward swinging movement of the arms under the actionof the penholder, said upper arm constituting a weight for move mentpast the dead center to hold the lower arm and the cover elevated afterthe withdrawal of the penholder from between the tongues.

2. The combination with an inkwell having a movable cover, of a Weightpivotally mounted for free swinging movement, an arm movable by theweight and connected to the cover, and means for guiding a penholder inone direction against the arm to move the weight freely past its deadcenter thereby to close the cover, and in the opposite direction againstthe weight to, move it past its dead center thereby to raise and supportthe cover.

3. The combination with an inkwell having a movable cover, of a weightpivotally mounted, an arm movable by the weight and connected to thecover, and spaced means adjacent to the cover for guiding a penholderdownwardly against the arm to move the weight freely in one directionpast its dead center thereby to close the cover and for guiding apenholder upwardly against the weight to move it freely in the oppositedirection past its dead center thereby to raise the cover and supportit.

4;. The combination with an inkwe'll having a movable cover, of a weightpivotally mounted, an arm movable by the weight and connected to thecover, and spaced means adjacent to the cover for guiding a penholderdownwardly against the arm tomove the weight freely in one directionpast its dead center thereby to close the cover, and for guiding apenholder upwardly against the weight to move it freely in the oppositedirection past its dead center thereby to raise the cover and supportit, one of said spaced guiding means constituting a support for theweight and its arm..

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature.

STEPHEN KELTONIK.

